PwC Legal advises DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb on the acquisition of a majority stake in bitmanager-media GmbH
Frankfurt am Main, June 17, 2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (PwC Legal) has advised DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb GmbH, a subsidiary of publishing company Gruner + Jahr AG & CO. KG, on the acquisition of a 50.1 percent share in bitmanager-media GmbH. bitmanager-media provides IT services focusing on customer relationship management systems (CRM) and has been collaborating with DPV for several years on developing a joint CRM platform.
Advisor of DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb GmbH:
PwC Legal, Hamburg, Düsseldorf:
Dr. Sven Riemenschneider, Ivo Dreckmann (both lead management), Dirk Kohlenberg (all corporate/M&A), Barbara Felsch (IP/IT)
Advisor of bitmanager-media GmbH:
Schulz Noack Bärwinkel, Hamburg:
Dr. Mark-Alexander Huth (corporate/M&A), Corinna Rindfleisch (IT/IP)
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